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I'm concerned about temperature for Thistle's brumation.
I've read that she should be between 55°-65°F while she's brumating. My problem is that I don't know how to do that.
Her enclosure is in my living room. Some nights it gets close to 65°, but not all. Then during the day it runs 70°-75°. That's with no heat turned on in the house. As we get further into Dec and Jan it may drop down some more, but when the house gets below 70° in the daytime, I'm freezing and have to turn on some heat.
I have nowhere that maintains 55-65°. Even if I boxed her up, fridges don't operate that high.
Has anyone ever tried to cool a closed chamber? How do you think I could do that? If I put a freezer pack, like used in a cooler, in the enclosure, would it cool it down? Any ideas?
I've read that she should be between 55°-65°F while she's brumating. My problem is that I don't know how to do that.
Her enclosure is in my living room. Some nights it gets close to 65°, but not all. Then during the day it runs 70°-75°. That's with no heat turned on in the house. As we get further into Dec and Jan it may drop down some more, but when the house gets below 70° in the daytime, I'm freezing and have to turn on some heat.
I have nowhere that maintains 55-65°. Even if I boxed her up, fridges don't operate that high.
Has anyone ever tried to cool a closed chamber? How do you think I could do that? If I put a freezer pack, like used in a cooler, in the enclosure, would it cool it down? Any ideas?